A journey through immortal realms begins with a phantom tale.

Luo Cheng stood on the star-gazing platform, with Li Qiang standing beside him.

After summoning the Bei Ye Dan Cauldron, Luo Cheng remained calm, his hands rapidly forming divine hand seals. His hands moved like phantoms, the intricate hand seals transforming into mysterious divine runes.

Runes flew one after another towards Bei Ye's alchemy cauldron, which then emitted rays of light and released divine power.

The rogue immortals of the Misty Pavilion retreated one after another, those whose cultivation was inferior to that of the rogue immortals had already retreated to a more distant place.

The crowd watched from afar as the cauldron absorbed the runes and transformed into a giant cauldron hundreds of feet tall, releasing divine pressure and radiating light.

"boom!"

The cauldron of Beiye trembled slightly.

At the same time, Luo Cheng infused the final rune into the cauldron.

"Phew." He let out a long breath. Even with his cultivation level, activating this divine artifact alchemy cauldron took a lot of effort.

Everyone present was stunned and felt that their eyes had been opened.

Li Qiang was secretly astonished: "Is this a divine artifact? It is indeed terrifying." He thought to himself that it was fortunate that he had kept the alchemy cauldron in his storage space and had not dared to use it easily.

Luo Cheng paused to meditate for a moment, then looked up and swept his gaze across the cultivators around the Star Gazing Platform: "Everyone, this is the Bei Ye Dan Ding, and as you can see, it is a divine artifact."

He didn't go into further detail. It was enough that everyone knew it was a magical artifact.

"This time, I will be refining the Five Elements Elixir."

"What is the Five Elements Immortal Pill? It is a pill that can be refined into five kinds of pills in one batch. After the pills are completed, the elixirs will fly out of the cauldron one after another."

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire room erupted in uproar once again.

Refining five different types of pills at once? That's unheard of!

For ordinary cultivators, succeeding in refining pills in one batch is already a great achievement. It's important to understand that the success rate of pill refining is extremely low—successful refining is considered a master alchemist if six out of ten batches succeed.

Immortal Luo actually said he wanted to refine five kinds of immortal pills at once.

Although everyone found it unbelievable, no one questioned it.

Simply because he is an immortal.

"Alright, those who want to participate in alchemy, bring up the medicinal herbs," Luo Cheng said.

"good!"

"Immortal Luo, count me in!"

"These are my medicinal herbs, please accept them, Immortal!"

Everyone used their true energy to carry the medicinal herbs to the Star Gazing Platform.

Luo Cheng accepted the medicinal herbs and said to everyone, "Alright, I'm going to light the fire now."

Upon hearing this, the surrounding immortals took several steps back again.

The moment the cauldron was ignited, it released an even more terrifying aura, mixed with scorching waves of air.

"It's the Void God Flame!"

"My God, this flame is even more terrifying than the Blazing Heavenly Fire!"

If one were an immortal, one might be able to barely touch the Heavenly Fire, but this Void Divine Flame is something even immortals dare not touch.

This is like a cultivator encountering heavenly fire. If even a tiny bit touches the cultivator, the heavenly fire will burn them like a bone-deep infection, turning them to ashes.

Just think of Mo Huaiyuan's experience. Back then, he was already a Mahayana cultivator, about to ascend to the Immortal Realm, and possessed immortal energy within his body. However, due to a touch of heavenly fire, his physical body turned to ash, leaving only his nascent soul trapped in the Star Palace. If it weren't for the support of his immortal energy, he probably wouldn't have been able to escape even with his nascent soul.

At this moment, Luo Cheng dared not be careless and used the Divine Spirit Technique to control the pill cauldron.

Li Qiang was no longer a novice in cultivation. After experiencing the Star Palace incident, he already knew how terrifying the things of cultivators could be.

When he broke into the Star Palace back then, he would not have been able to escape if it weren't for the Purple Flame Heart protecting him.

The Bei Ye Dan Cauldron contains layers upon layers of divine restrictions that can imprison the Void Divine Flame. Luo Cheng also knows that an ancient immortal is trapped inside the cauldron—that guy who always says, "I'm so pitiful."

However, he had no intention of letting the other party out. He was a very troublesome and annoying guy.

After lighting the fire, Luo Cheng threw handfuls of medicinal herbs into the cauldron.

The crowd exchanged bewildered glances: "This...this is alchemy?"

You should know that ordinary alchemists refine medicinal herbs one by one, turning each herb into a spiritual liquid, and then use both gentle and fierce fire to condense the liquid into a pill. But Immortal Luo did something different; he just threw the medicinal herbs directly into the cauldron, handful by handful.

The cauldron contains the Void Divine Flame! That flame can scorch gods and turn everything to ashes.

If you throw it in like that, are you sure it's for alchemy and not just burning the herbs to ashes?

Despite their doubts, everyone still believed in Luo Cheng.

The word "immortal" alone was enough to convince them.

Luo Cheng did not disappoint everyone.

However, those cultivators who wanted to steal the alchemy techniques were going to be disappointed—they could see the alchemy techniques, but they couldn't learn them.

After the cauldron was closed, it was first refined with strong fire, and then the elixir was nurtured with gentle fire in an instant. The whole process took less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

In everyone's eyes, not long after Luo Cheng closed the lid of the cauldron, a faint fragrance wafted out of the cauldron.

"The elixir is complete!"

While making a divine incantation, Luo Cheng said to everyone, "Everyone, prepare to collect the pills."

"There's no need for everyone to fight over them. I will deliver the pills to each sect, and you can use your tools to collect them."

Then he said to Li Qiang beside him, "Junior brother, you should take some too."

"it is good."

Before anyone knew how the pills were produced, they saw pills gushing out from the small holes around the cauldron, like beans.

"This...this is what you call alchemy?"

Luo Cheng's methods completely refreshed their understanding of alchemy.

In the past, everyone was extremely cautious when refining pills, fearing any mistakes. Yet, even so, failure was commonplace. But look at Immortal Luo, who simply threw the medicinal herbs into the cauldron, and in just a short while, the pills gushed out—it was simply unbelievable.

Under Luo Cheng's control, pills flew towards the surrounding cultivators.

"Everyone, this is a low-grade Yuan Qi Pill. It can be taken by cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage. It can replenish Yuan Qi and also has a healing effect."

With Luo Cheng in charge, no one fought over the items; everyone collected them in an orderly manner.

"I've already collected over a hundred!"

"I have two hundred of them already!"

"Haha, that's too much, really too much!"

An hour later, the Vitality Pills were finally finished being sprayed out. Luo Cheng roughly estimated that there were over a hundred million pills—this was naturally because everyone had provided enough medicinal herbs.

"Everyone get ready, the next batch of pills is about to be made."

"besides?"

"Nonsense, Immortal Luo said it's the Five Elements Pill, of course there are five kinds!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a large amount of pills gushed out again.

"This is the Returning Origin Pill. An ordinary cultivator can condense a Nascent Soul by taking one; if the Nascent Soul is damaged, one pill can restore it."

"This is really good stuff!"

"However, I must warn those whose cultivation level is insufficient not to use this pill," Luo Cheng added. "I will deliver this batch of pills to the leaders and elders of each sect."

No one objected to this. Every sect has its rules; as long as you contribute to the sect, you will naturally receive resources.

The Guiyuan Pills have been distributed, and the next batch of pills is ready.

"This is the Primordial Spirit Pill. It can be taken by cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage to refine their divine sense."

"The next batch is Condensation Pills, which can only be used by Nascent Soul cultivators."

"Finally, there is the Nirvana Pill, which can be used by cultivators in the Tribulation Transcending stage to increase their success rate in transcending tribulations."

After distributing the last batch of Annihilation Pills, Luo Cheng used a divine incantation to seal the pill cauldron, then handed it to Li Qiang: "Junior brother, put it away."

After everyone collected the pills, they all stepped forward to thank Luo Cheng.

This alchemy attempt was extremely successful, with an astonishingly high yield: over 100 million Yuanqi Pills, 1 million Guiyuan Pills, 100,000 Yuanshen Pills, 10,000 Ningyuan Pills, and even 1,000 of the most precious Nirvana Pills.

Everyone was extremely satisfied with this.

During this time, Luo Cheng also collected some pills. He gave some to Ning Zhe and instructed him, "I know you want your family to cultivate immortality, but remember, you must never give them the Returning Origin Pill if their cultivation level is not high enough."

"Disciple understands!" Ning Zhe nodded in response.

He understood his master's good intentions. If his cultivation level was not high enough, rashly using the Returning Origin Pill to help his family members advance to the Nascent Soul stage would not be helping them, but harming them.

Li Qiang also collected some pills, just in case.

With this, the apprenticeship ceremony officially came to a close.

Finally, Luo Cheng looked at everyone and said loudly, "Everyone, please take care of Xiao Xi Ning Zhe."

Now that everyone had benefited and was in awe of the immortal's majesty, they all bowed and replied, "Rest assured, Immortal! We will certainly take care of you!"

Luo Cheng turned to Ning Zhe and said, "Alright, I'm leaving now. You and your family have a good chat."

"Thank you, Master!"

Luo Cheng patted him on the shoulder: "Practice diligently."

Ning Zhe's expression was resolute. He knew that this opportunity was hard-won and he must not let his master down.

After the apprentice-acceptance ceremony, Ning Zhe returned to Blackrock District with his family. The ordinary people of Blackrock District treated him completely differently when they saw him again.

"Immortal Ning!"

"Immortal Ning, we beg you to grant us a meal—no, we beg you to bestow upon us some divine opportunity so that we too may embark on the path to immortality!"

These people looked humble, their eyes filled with longing as they gazed at Ning Zhe, hoping he would grant them a chance at immortality.

Ning Zhe ignored him.

He had long since seen through the coldness and warmth of human relationships.

If he hadn't become a disciple of the immortal master, these people wouldn't have shown him any respect; in fact, they would have tried to snatch the treasures from him if they saw that he had acquired them.

The Ning family returned to their house, exchanged glances, and were filled with emotion.

Ning Jiangxing couldn't help but say, "Brother, give me a Rejuvenation Pill."

"Hmph!" Ning Zhe snorted coldly, exuding an aura of authority; he was no longer the cowardly mortal he once was. He stared at his younger brother and said sternly, "Jiang Xing, have you forgotten what my master said?"

"Brother, I just want to keep it for myself and sleep with it, is that not allowed?"

"No way!" Ning Zhe resolutely refused.

He knew his younger brother well; if he gave him the Rejuvenation Pill, he would definitely take it secretly.

Ning's father said, "Ning Zhe is right. This Guiyuan Pill cannot be given to you. Let your brother keep it for now."

"Sigh!" Ning Jiangxing sighed dejectedly.

Ning Zhe looked at his family and said earnestly, "Dad, Mom, Jiang Xing, I will guide you onto the path of cultivation."

Everyone smiled upon hearing this.

Ten years have passed since the apprenticeship ceremony ended.

Neither Luo Cheng nor Li Qiang expected that Lin Mingxing would wait for the Lone Star for ten years.

Li Qiang couldn't help but mutter again, "That Lone Star is really indecisive!"

During these ten years, Qian Shanyong and Dai Nanfeng visited Linmingxing once, briefly reminisced with Luo Cheng, and then disappeared.

Ning Zhe understood the importance of a solid foundation. After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, he focused on stabilizing his realm and did not rush to break through to the Out-of-Body stage.

Luo Cheng had been staying in Linming for too long and wanted to go out for a walk.

That day, a disciple from the Misty Pavilion delivered a jade slip. Luo Cheng's expression turned solemn after reading the information in the jade slip.

"Finally, there's news about Luo Xian."

Luo Xian was his eldest disciple, whom he had taken in back on Tianqi Star.

The message came from Yu Hong. He said that during his travels, he heard that a female cultivator named Luo Xian had caused quite a stir on Maple Leaf Star. However, by the time he arrived at Maple Leaf Star, Luo Xian had already left.

Now that Yu Hong is about to ascend to immortality, he no longer has time to help Luo Cheng search, so he sent this news over.

Luo Cheng put away the jade slip, feeling helpless: "This eldest disciple really knows how to run away."

After returning to Fengyuan Star, he told Fu Shan about Luo Xian. Even with Fu Shan's influence in the cultivation world, he couldn't find her. Now, only Yu Hong has sent news.

Luo Cheng pondered for a moment and decided to wait until he had seen Gu Xing before going to find Luo Xian.